South Africa’s national minimum wage will rise by almost 4.5% as from the 1st of March. Farm workers’ minimum wage will increase to R21,69 per hour. The wages of domestic workers rises by 22.6% to R19.09 per hour.

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Liesl Smit
Liesl Smit
Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm

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